Passive Causative
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Prof. Gilder Dávila
República Bolivariana de VenezuelaMinisterio del Poder Popular para la Educación
L.B. “Gustavo H. Machado”Caracas-Catia. Telefax: (0212) 8 73 03 21
Have you ever heard about passi ve causat i ve?
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So, what i s passi ve causat i ve?
The causative is a common structure in English. It is used when one thing or person causesanother thing or person to do something.
Example:
Exampl es of passi ve causat i ve
Keep i n mi nd…
There are two basic causative structures. One is like an active and the other is like a passive. These examples use the causative verb “have”.
Keep i n mi nd…
The active causative structure:
Keep i n mi nd…
The passive causative structure:
How t o f orm t he passi ve causat i ve?
Ref erences
Web site: BBC World Service and 410grammar respectively.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_gramchallenge20/
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/caus.htm